Baby boy dies after Bundaberg Show incident

Police are investigating the death of a four-month-old boy in Bundaberg today.

Superintendent Rowan Bond says the baby was with his mother at the Bundaberg Show when she noticed he had stopped breathing.

He says the child was taken to the Bundaberg Base Hospital but died early this afternoon.

Superintendent Bond says medical specialists at the hospital are trying to determine the cause of death.

"The mother had the child, they'd just arrived at the show, she was tending the little boy and she noticed he wasn't breathing, she immediately sought the assistance of some trained staff, including the Royal Flying Doctors," he said.

"They commenced immediate CPR until the ambulance arrived, the child was rushed to hospital and unfortunately has died."